Matchmaking for Beginners

by Maddie Dawson

There will be love and surprises here in abundance, I promise you that. Be open to what doesn’t seem possible, and you will be amazed what can happen. Darling, this is your time.

“What? That’s what you think? Marnie. It’s still working. Don’t you see? It’s taking a new route, that’s all. When you’re as old as I am, you learn a couple of things about love. And one of the main things is that you can’t give up on people you love. When you really believe.”

“Honey, we’re all running out of time. And”—he lowers his voice like this is going to be momentous—“we also have all the time in the world.”

“I may need you to be quiet just now so I can love on you better. I’m thinking how it’s going to be so amazing, unwrapping you.”